DC Supershow Blue

[FredRydr]

I find that DC Supershow Blue, by Private Reserve, takes a long time to dry. Does anyone else have the same experience?

I've stopped buying PR's inks, but I have seven bottles that are opened infrequently.

Fred

[henkm]

Absolutely. And not only does it take long to dry, it keeps looking/feeling 'oily' and smearing forever. Besides, I found it very hard to rinse out of my pen. My bottle now just decorates the cupboard.

[carlos.q]

Have you tried diluting this ink?

[FredRydr]

Have you tried diluting this ink?
No.

Fred

[Jon Szanto]

I stopped using this ink for the very reasons you specify, Fred.

[stub]

I've always wanted to try this ink but fortunately it's unavailable here. But I had a similar problem with a J Herbin ink that seemed to dry down to 97% and then just always stay oily and smear even hours later. It drove me crazy even though I loved the color. Cafe des iles. I should try the water trick on that.

[henkm]

Have you tried diluting this ink?
No, I haven't and thanks for the reminder. But on the other hand, with so many inks to chose from, I personally want to have something that 'just works'.

[carlos.q]

Have you tried diluting this ink?
No, I haven't and thanks for the reminder. But on the other hand, with so many inks to chose from, I personally want to have something that 'just works'.
I feel the same way. One of the problem with super saturated inks like Noodler's and Private Reserve is that they often need a bit of dilution to prevent smearing and dry faster. That's one of the reasons I stopped buying these inks.

[FredRydr]

My bottle is free to anyone for postage.

Fred

P.S. The bottle is heading to Korea (South).

[ac12]

Mine does not take excessively long to dry, and it is in a WET Parker 51.
But I don't write on HARD paper, most of the paper I use is somewhat absorbent.
The only HARD paper that I write on is my wall calendar, then I use a blotter to blot up the excess ink. But then I blot all my FP writing on that calendar.

[Scooby921]

Absolutely. And not only does it take long to dry, it keeps looking/feeling 'oily' and smearing forever. Besides, I found it very hard to rinse out of my pen. My bottle now just decorates the cupboard.
I'm happy, and sad, to see it's not just the one bottle I purchased. I bought a whole bottle of Supershow Blue after trying a sample. A month later I noticed blue ink all over my fingers. It took me a few minutes to realize it was the ink coming off the pages of my notebook which I had been carrying around open.

[Dhruv]

I've always wanted to try this ink but fortunately it's unavailable here. But I had a similar problem with a J Herbin ink that seemed to dry down to 97% and then just always stay oily and smear even hours later. It drove me crazy even though I loved the color. Cafe des iles. I should try the water trick on that.


I'd recommend against diluting an herbin ink. They are already watery enough to be diluted further.

[Chrissy]

I've recently chroma tested PR Electric DC Blue and DC Supershow blue and found that the dyes in both look identical except for the fact that Supershow is more concentrated. So a little dilution would presumably make it more like Electric blue.